Perplexed
by post-modernism? Stumped by structuration? All sociologists feel
they have to use words that no-one understands instead of ordinary
words, otherwise they wouldn't be doing sociology properly. This simple
guide should help you to translate sociological texts into English.
Find that word that has been haunting your dreams and rest easy.

Sociologism

English

Social
agents, individuals, social units, or social actors

people

Consumers

people
when they buy things

Workers

people
when they do things

Social
totalities, status groups, collectivities, networks or classes

groups
of people

Society

a
lot of groups of people trying to live together

Discourse

what
people say they do

Consciousness

what
they think they do

Action

what
they actually do (always very different)

Oppression

what
some people do to other people when they do things they disapprove
of

Repression

what
people do to themselves when they think things that other people
disapprove of

Historical
context

the
way people have done things in past influences how people do
things now

Structure

the
fact that way in which other people do things influences how
you do things